This week has been big for new announcements in the digital camera world. Sony went official this week with three new digital cameras, including the RX1 and a99 high-end offerings. Nikon has now unveiled a new FX-format camera called the D600. The new D-SLR promises to be the smallest and lightest FX-format camera offering excellent performance.

The camera has a 24.3-megapixel sensor and uses the same EXPEED 3 image processing engine that the high-end Nikon D4, D800, and D800E D-SLRs use. The camera measures 141 x 113 x 82 (WxHxD) mm and weighs 760 g. The camera features an optical viewfinder with 100% frame coverage and a 3.2-inch LCD on the back with wide viewing angles.

The camera also offers the dust and water resistance featured in the D800 line and supports the full DX NIKKOR lens line. In addition to shooting 24.3-megapixel still images, the camera can also record full HD movies at 1080p/30p. Movies can be recorded in two different formats, including FX and DX. The camera uses H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video compression allowing it to record a single movie of up to 29 minutes and 59 seconds.

The camera also supports the Nikon Wireless Mobile Adapter for transferring high-quality photos directly to a smart device for sharing using a wireless network connection. The camera can shoot continuous bursts at 5.5 fps and has an integrated flash.

The D600 is priced at $2100 body-only and at $2700 with an AF-S NIKKOR 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5G ED VR lens.

I would also love to see a FF body for around $1000~$1500, but dont agree on the lenses, as many still have there pre-digital lenses that they can and want to use.

And those lenses are only working on FF FX body's!

I don't shoot as mouths now as it used to, but I have just changed my old secondhand 12MP D2X for an real expensive D800, simply because the D2X was too old and big and clumsy, and had no HD movie option! , but I also did not want to see my old top lenses just gathering dust.Many lenses I've bought 2nd hand for around 7 to €10.000 estimated current news value of around € +20.000

I really just wanted a cheap camera that I could also film with, besides taking pictures, but on which I could also continue to use my old lenses.

But as that was not in the stars, i had to get my self a really expensive D800, as trowing away all my old lenses would have bin even more a waste.

But now i have at least to body's again, so i don't have to change lenses all the time during shooting.

I bought a D7000 last year I haven't really gotten a decent lens collection that would really warrant an upgrade. But the tech whore in me wants to sell myself in this alley. Maybe I will grab the Tamron 24-70mm 2.8 and pull the tigger on this one next year. >_<

You apparently missed the part that i have lots of old FF lenses that don't work on non-FF body's, like the D7000.

And if i sell those i get a fraction of the price, that they are worth, still have a 10mm Fish Eye, 20~35mm F3.5~4.5, 28~70mm F2.6~2.8, 80~200mm F2.8, 300mm F4, 400mm F5.6, series of standard lenses, and 3 Shift&Tilt lenses.

I have a benefit of all those lenses, not particular the 36MP FF sensor.

The tings is, there are about +25 years of good FX lenses out in the wild, all my friends i know from when i was a photo fanatic, had the same problem, many opted for a FF body like second hand D2X or (new) D700 so they could keep on using the lenses, even do most of them would have bin happy with a $+1000 body.

Now you have the option for the little cheaper D600, but the price difference is so little, i think i would still go for the D800.

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